The Path of the Martial Arts BOSS-Chapter 1241 - 266: Targeted

Three days later, the Buddhist faction arrived.

On that day, ten miles outside White Jade City, Buddha Light and Demonic Qi were at a standoff. Even though Shi Jue personally took action, he couldn't suppress the momentum of the Demon Army with Yin Tianxia overseeing it, and instead ended up diminishing his own prestige.

This incident made everyone witness the power of the Demon Army once again, making many wary of the Demon Sect's Daoist orthodoxy.

After entering White Jade City, Shi Jue glanced back at the calamity clouds that covered the sky ten miles away, full of worry.

'Indeed, the Divine Demon Body Refining Technique of the Demon Sect is the biggest threat to our Buddhist faction.'

This technique, created by Qing Yu, is absolutely tailored to fit the current environment and is meant to become the mainstream of future martial arts.

The Buddhist faction has indeed studied this technique, with many members trying to adopt and repurpose the Demon Sect's cultivation technique as their own.

Unfortunately, it proved impossible to do so.

The essence of the Divine Demon Body Refining Technique lies in Demon Blood. Without Demon Blood, even copying the entire technique results in something far from authentic, with much less power.

Once one absorbs Demon Blood, they are destined to become part of the Demon Race, and Qing Yu, the origin of the Demon Race, holds the power of life and death over them.

While there is indeed something that can replace Demon Blood, it is exceedingly rare in today's world.

Only the essence blood of those powerful Barbaric Strange Beasts can substitute Demon Blood.

Yet, where are the vast quantities of exotic beast essence blood to be found in today's world? Even if occasional beasts appear with atavistic traits, they cannot be popularized widely.

In the aspect of body cultivation techniques, the Buddhist faction finds it difficult to surpass the Demon Sect, or even rival them.

Hence, how could the Demon Sect not become a significant internal threat?

Thinking constantly of the uniqueness of the Divine Demon Body Refining Technique, Shi Jue paid no mind even when hearing that Ren Piaomiao shamelessly entered the fray personally.

Ridiculous, though the Mystical Sect may be strong, can it compare to the threat of the Demon Sect?

The Demon Sect is the true major enemy.

Furthermore, Shi Jue never considered the Mystical Sect an enemy. Since the Mystical Sect split from the Taoist, both sides are like fire and water, and Shi Jue would love to see the Mystical Sect weaken the Taoist's foundation.

Though the Taoist and Buddhist factions are currently allied, it does not mean that they won't secretly undermine their ally. Even within the same force, there can be infighting, let alone in a forced alliance.

In the art of undermining, the ruthless and cunning Shi Jue is second to none.

After mulling over it for a long time, Shi Jue could only arrive at one conclusion — suppression.

Merciless suppression.

He decided to join forces with the Taoist faction once again to target the Demon Sect and strive to reduce it to a low point.

Thus, Shi Jue left the Jade Tower allocated to the Buddhist faction and went to seek Pei Dongliu for interaction.

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"Palace Lord Ren, Shi Jue has gone to meet Pei Dongliu."

On the rooftop of one of the twelve Jade Towers, a Daoist reported the information to Ren Piaomiao, who was standing with his hands behind his back.

In this White Jade City teeming with Daoists, Daoists were among the least conspicuous figures. And there were at least dozens of Daoists monitoring Shi Jue.

The rule prohibiting flying within White Jade City applies to everyone, even Shi Jue, so keeping tabs on the Buddhist faction is quite easy.

"He must be planning to team up with the Taoist faction to target us again," Ren Piaomiao said blandly, "Don't worry about it, just keep a close watch on him. I need to know whom Shi Jue contacts, especially anyone other than Pei Dongliu."

When he said 'other than Pei Dongliu,' he was specifically referring to that supreme warrior of the Taoist faction. This individual managed to dodge the great calamity without revealing any details and is a more noteworthy figure.

"Yes." The Daoist bowed and retreated.

After he left, Xuanzhen walked over slowly and said, "To make you so preoccupied, that supreme warrior of the Taoist faction must be extraordinary."

"I am only maintaining the greatest caution towards all unknown factors." Ren Piaomiao replied.

Even though he has achieved the Tao Realm, his long-standing habits remain unchanged. Caution has always been Qing Yu's greatest creed.

Because of this, even the strongest warrior he could easily kill with a wave of his hand was never taken lightly by Qing Yu.

Outsmarting the big with the small was Qing Yu's specialty when he was weak, and he doesn't want to one day have others use that skill against him.

"Moreover, he is someone with a significant amount of hostility towards me," Ren Piaomiao pressed his hand on the windowsill before him, gazing at the distant scenery, "I do not wish for him to cause any changes to the current situation."

That day, when Ren Piaomiao entered Purple Cloud Palace, that person walked straight past him, treating him as air, clearly harboring deep hostility of his own.

This hostility could potentially lead to some adverse actions, causing undesirable changes in the situation.

"If not for being in White Jade City, I would've likely slain him on the spot." Ren Piaomiao sighed.

Nipping crises in the bud has always been his principle.

"With the Debating Conference imminent, even if the opponent has some techniques, they would only employ them during the conference. If something big happens now, it would embarrass the Taoist faction as the host." Xuanzhen said. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

"I do hope he causes some trouble at the Debating Conference, then perhaps I could deal with him conveniently." Ren Piaomiao laughed lightly.

"You know, being a Xuan Venerate now, you still think about eliminating people so easily." Xuanzhen felt helpless about his occasionally brutal words.

"Killing is the most foolish method, yet it's also the most effective. Regardless of the method, the ultimate result is the same — sending the enemy to death. I am merely returning to the original." Ren Piaomiao said nonchalantly.

All the enemies he has encountered so far have been returned to the original by him, and one more wouldn't matter.

In fact, the unknown strongest could even be honored to stand shoulder to shoulder with the acquaintances already returned to the original. After all, even in the fall of the Heavenly Dao Embodiment, Qing Yu was involved.

"Then you'd better hope the other party acts impulsively."

Xuanzhen instinctively moved closer to Ren Piaomiao, then stepped back several steps, "When will your true body show up? This feeling of only facing avatars or illusions is awful."

Until now, Qing Yu's true body had never appeared before her, much to the dismay of Xuanzhen, who had established an intimate relationship with Qing Yu.

Especially recently, the Young Sect Master of Yin Demon Sect seemed to exhibit some of Qing Yu's Qi Mechanism. This caused a great sense of crisis in Xuanzhen's heart.

Ren Piaomiao was also aware of this sense of crisis. He said somewhat troubled, "Yun Wuyue underwent changes due to accepting my original blood, which is why she is affected by my current realm. Besides her, Feng Jiu's daughter Feng Xi has also undergone transformations, you can go and ask her for more."

These two, one accepted Qing Yu's original blood and transformed into the Taiyin Demon Body, the other is Feng Jiu's descendant, also considered Qing Yu's Tribulation Slave.

Feng Jiu, having changed bodies and cut off her Primordial Spirit, started anew, thus escaping Qing Yu's influence. But her daughter couldn't escape.

Even as a second-generation Tribulation Slave, Qing Yu's influence reached Feng Xi, resulting in an alteration of uncertain nature.